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Cease-fire ends 6 day Arab-Israeli War in the Middle East; scenes from the 6-day war.
Six day war in middIe east ends as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire. At the United Nations Security Council in the United States: Syrian Ambassador, Russian delegate Nikolay Prokofyevich Fedorenko, Israeli Ambassador Gideon Raphael state their points during the session. War scenes from the Six-day war: Burning buildings. Bodies lying on desert. Prisoners of war are taken by Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF). Prisoners walk with raised hands. Bullet holes in train and car. Damaged military vehicles on streets. Wounded soldiers are moved on stretchers to hospitals. Damaged UAR military vehicles along the Gaza Strip. Arabs under arrest. Egyptian prisoners of war. Empty offices with photo frames of President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser. UAR Commander General Abdul Hussein meets Israeli military leaders. He signs the cease-fire agreement. Israeli flag flutters in wind. In Bethlehem: Israeli troops on streets with tanks. Civilians watch the tanks. In Jerusalem: Tanks move through streets and enter city. Women weep. Jewish people on streets. Israeli troops enter the Old City. Defense Minister of Israel, Moshe Dayan with soldiers offers prayers at the Wailing Wall or Western Wall. Israeli troops march through the streets with weapons including some UZI submachine guns.
Markets, commerce, and architecture in the Muslim world of the Middle East
Opening scene shows families, including small children, walking through a bazaar in North Africa. Some riders on horseback pass them. A man in a fez and several merchants (some carrying goods on their heads) are seen. Customers converse with a seller of metal wares. Scene shifts to a bazaar in Arabia. Arabs and a few in more western dress, walk near the building. Inside, a man is seen sharpening and polishing curved knives. The next market shown is in Syria. A busy street is seen in front of the bazaar, with some persons riding camels. A merchant walking with a donkey carrying a load of goods. A boy rides a small donkey. Pedestrians abound. Wooden objects are displayed in one of the stalls of the market place, where carpenter is seen working on an item. Slate describes the next bazaar as located in North India (current-day Pakistan). A crowded market is seen with many textiles displayed and numerous persons walking through the area. Multistory buildings line the market. Views of Mosques in Moslem countries. The Blue Mosque in Istanbul,turkey. The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha (Alabaster Mosque) in the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt A mosque with five low domes (minaret not seen) in Yemen. The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore. Women carrying parcels on their heads, as they walk past massive clay structures. Closeup of a woman with several children, who run to play in yard near a clay house. A donkey stands in the yard. Examples of some large attractive clay buildings in southern Arabia.
Officials greet and receive dignitaries as they disembark from aircraft at Amman Airport in Cairo, Egypt.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser, of Egypt, escorts Nuri as-Said, Premier of Iraq, inspecting honor guard at airport, in Cairo, Egypt. Iraqi DC-6 Aircraft with Iraqi flag on tail,in background. View of Amman Airport in Jordan. Officials gather to greet arriving Arab leaders,as they deplane from a Saudi Arabian DC-6 with Saudi Arabian insignia on its tail. Among those deplaning are King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, who holds the arm of Shukri al-Quwatli, President of Syria, as they walk together towards the Amman airport terminal building.
The temple of Bacchus and Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon.
The Baalbek ruins in Lebanon. The plain of Bekaa between mounts of Lebanon and Syria. Vehicles passing on the street. The ruined buildings in Baalbek. The temple of Bacchus. The columns of temple of Jupiter. Mounts of Lebanon in the background. A soldier and a man walk through the ruins. (World War II period).
Demonstrations at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Soviet Union due to U.S. intervention in the Lebanon Crisis.
Demonstrations in Moscow, Soviet Union during the Lebanon Crisis. A huge crowd in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow during a demonstration against sending of American troops to Lebanon. A banner reading 'Hands Off Lebanon'. The plaque of the U.S. Embassy. People hanging signs on the embassy gates. Police trying to control the crowd. Policemen getting a boy down from the gate. A clash between the police and the crowd. The Lebanon coastline. U.S. troops and tanks on a beach. Landing crafts with soldiers arrive on the beach. The soldiers moving in columns. Lebanese people talking to American soldiers. British troops in Jordan unloading supplies from aircraft. Military equipment being loaded in jeep trailers. A large crowd in Syria. President of the United Arab Republic Gamal Abdel Nasser standing with other officials, waves from the balcony of a building. A crowd cheering. Policemen in front of the crowd.
Former U.S. President and Chief Justice William Taft taken out of a car and assisted to his house by men after he fell ill.
Footage of former U.S. President William Howard Taft, recently retired the week before as Chief Justice of the United States. Exterior view of the Taft house in Washington DC at 2215 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington DC. (A Georgian Revival style house built in 1904 and purchased by Taft from Congressman Alvin Fuller. It later was the home of the Embassy of Syria in Washington DC). Car out front. Taft is returning from Asheville North Carolina to Washington DC, as he has fallen ill. William Howard Taft is taken out of a car by a few men. The men assist William Taft in walking into his house. (Taft died in the home a month later on March 9, 1930).
